Addressograph attachment



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E. COLEMAN ADDRES SOGRAPH ATTACHMENT Filed Sept. 12, 1924 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 mi u "IHH' 5 M f] i Patented Nov. 10, 1925.

UNITED STATES,

1,561,216 PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD COLEMAN, OF TENAFLY, NEW JERSEY.

ADDRESSOGRAPH ATTACHMENT.

Application filed September 12, 1924. Serial 1T0. 737,264.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, EDWARD COLEMAN, a citizen of, the United States, a resident of Tenafly, in the countyof Bergen and State of New Jersey, have invented a certain new and useful Addressograph Attachment, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to an attachment adapted to be applied to addressographs or' the datafappears on the plate.

For example in the use of plates containing the names and addresses of various persons, the names and addresses appear in closely adjacent positions upon the plates, but in printing the same upon cards or tabs employed for indexing purposes, it is often desirable to segregate the names from the addresses upon the cards.

The present invention relates to an attachment which may be applied to addressegraphmachines to enable different arrangements of the printed matter to be obtained upon the cards or tabs which are passed thru the attachment to be printed.

One of the primary objects of the invention is to provide an attachment of the above nature which will enable sheets, preferably perforated to enable them to be later subdivided into cards or tabs of the desired size, to be passed thru the attachment in such manner as to print successively upon each card and in the desired positionsthereon, the data contained upon the plates which are machine. I The invention also contains certain features of construction which .enable it to readily apply to the printing of cards of different dimensions, -or having difl'erent relative positions of the data contained thereon.

Further objects and advantages of the passed thru the addressograph invention will be in part obvious and in part specifically pointed out in the descri tion hereinafter contained, which, taken in connection with the accom anying drawings, discloses certain preferred embodiments thereof; such embodiments are, however, to be considered as merely an illustra tion of its principles.

In the drawings: Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the table and associated parts of an addressog'raph, having applied thereto an attachment constructed in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showin detached, a sheet or card holder which orms a part of such attachment.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of the attachment, taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 4 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 4 is a plan View of the attachment. Fig. 5- is a sectional View taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4 looking in the direction of the arrows. Fig. 6 is aperspective View showing a perforated sheet such as may be printed by the use of the attachment.

The invention is illustrated as mounted upon an addressograph machine having a table 1, and a printing roll 2 which is advanced at the proper time to press a card to be printed against a ribbon 3 which is fed by roller 4. As is shown more in detail in Fig. 3 a plate 5 is fed into the addressograph by suitable mechanism (not illustrated), in such manner that the type 6. contained thereon underlie the ribbon 3, and 4 therefore may be impressed upon the card being printed by the printing roll 2. Since the specific construction of the addressegraph-machine is not essential to the present invention the same will not be described more in detail herein, but it is to be understood that the inventionmay be applied to any machine of the above general character.

As is illustrated in Fig. 6, the tabs or cards to be successively printed are preferably in the form of a continuous sheet 7 p at the'time they are passed thru the attachment, which sheet, however, may be scored or perforated at the proper points to enable the tabs to be readlly torn off after the printing operation is completed.

The invention comprises in general a holder for the sheet to be printed, which moves the latter past the printing plate 5 in step by step fashion, thereby presentmg the different tabs or sections of the sheet successively to the printing plate. In cases where it isdesired to segregate the various data contained upon the printing plate upon different parts of the sheet, the holder also has a lateral motion which takes place in I "conjunction with its forward step by step motion above described, whereby such lateral motion presents differentareas of the tabs to the printing plate. A guard member also overlies the printing plate, being interposed between the same and the sheet to be printed, and such guard member may'also be shifted to selectively expose different parts ofthe printing plate to the sheet to be printed, in different positions of such guard member. Accordingly by feeding the sheet forwardly and shifting it laterally with regard to the printing plate, thru the medium of the sheet holder, and by shifting the guard member to present selectively to the sheet, difierent parts of t ie printing plate in different positions of e sheet, the attachment may be operated to bring about the desired arrangement on the sheet, of the information contained upon' the printing plate.

In the illustrated form of the invention the sheet holder consists of a sheet metal clip having a bottompie'ce'8 preferably provided with upturned lugs 9 at its sides to engage the sides of the sheet to be printed, and a top leaf 10 which frictionally holds the sheet in position. The clip is also preferably secured to blgck 11 which may be grasped by the operator in moving the sheet holder.

The motion of the sheet holder isguided in the present instance by a pair of form strips 12 which overlie the table 1 of the addressograph and engage with the sheet holder. As shown in Figs. 1 and 4, the form strips 12 are provided with a series of ribs 13 which in conjunction with the upturned sides 14 of members 12, provide zig-zag shaped slots which are respectively engaged by pins 15 projecting downwardly from the sheet holder. The result is that when the sheet holder is placed in engagement with form strips 12 and moved with its pins 15 in engagement with the grooves above mentioned, the sheet 7 carried by the holder will be advanced step by step, or in z'ig-zag fashion, past the printing plate 5, and each side 14 of the form strips acts as a stop indicating to the operator that the sheet holder has reached the next station at which an imprint from plate 5, should be made upon the sheet.

It will be understood that shape and dimensions of the ribs 13 will be chosen to correspond with the desired spacings and relascribed, is to be considered as merely typical of any suitable arrangement for producing the desired movements. Where it is desired merely to print successively upon the-sheet, the information appearing upon successive plates 5, without altering the relative position of such information, of course no provision need be made for moving the sheet laterally with regard to the plate.

Where the information on the'plates 5 is to be rearranged upon the sheet 7 however, I provide in connection with the attachment a guard member 16 which selectively exposes parts of the printing plate 5 to the sheet 7 in different lateral positions of the sheetholder. In the present embodiment of the invention this guard member is in the form of a plate which is slidable along a rod 17, and has a pair of openings 18 and 19 therein. In the position of the parts shown in Fig. 1, the opening 18 is directly over the printing plate and if the latter carries for example the name and address of a certain person, the opening 18 may be of such dimensions as to expose the address while covering the name; thus if the roll 2 is actuated at this time the sheet 7 will have printed thereon the address but not the name. The sheet holder will then be moved to the right (as the parts appear in Fig. 1) to position another part of the sheet above the plate 5, and at the same time the guard member 16 will be similarly moved to position the opening 19 therein over the plate 5.. This latter opening may be such for example as toexpose the name carried by the printing plate, while covering the address which was printed during the previous operation above mentioned; and thus if roll 2 be actuated with the parts in the last mentioned-position, the name will be printed upon a different part of the sheet 7 than that upon which the address was previously printed. Preferably the guard" member 16 is provided wlth guides 20 under which the sheet 7 is passed, to maintain the sheet in the proper position with respect to the guard member. It will be noted that although the guard member slides laterally with the sheet holder, in the above described embodiment of the invcntion, it does not move forwardly therewith, and thus during each forward adjustment of the sheet holder, the sheet slides over the guard member a certain distance.

The distance thru which the sheet 7 is advanced during each step, will depend upon the width of the tabs or strips which make up the sheet 7. I prefer, furthermore, to feed the sheet 7 forwardly during each step, such a distance that on one side of the sheet 7, only every alternate tab or strip is printed. The sheet may then be turned upside down in the holder and the operation repeated to print upon the tabs which were previously skipped. The printing of the sheet in the above manner avoids smudging the printed sides of the tabs with ink since each printed tab is moved entirely clear of the ribbon after being printed, although of course all the tabs may be printed upon the same side if desired.

After the sheet 7 has been printed in the it avoids the necessity of individually plac ing the tabs into and out of the attachment. Preferably the attachment is so constructed that it may be readily adjusted to operate. with sheets of difierent dimensions or having different spacings for the printed matter. As shown, the form strips 12 are secured in place by means of screws 21 passing through slots 22 in a table 23 which forms a part of the attachment and rests upon the table 1 of-the addressograph. Thus the form strips 12 may be readily removed and others substitute having the desired dimensions, the slots 22-being long enough to permit various sizes of form strip to be placed in proper position to each other. The table 23 furthermore is preferably adjustable to a certain extent toward and away from the printing plate 5- 0f the addresso graph. As illustrated, this table is adjust ably held in place upon a ledge 24 by screws 25 which pass through slots 26 in the table 23, and pass into the ledge 24. Guard members 16 of various shapes may also be substituted, as by pulling out the rod 17 which is shown as secured in place by thumb screws 27 atv its opposite ends, and inserting such rod through the new guard member desired to be employed.

While a specific embodiment of the invention has been described, it will be obvious that many changes may be made therein without departing from its principles as set forth in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. An addressograph attachment comprising a holder for the sheet to be printed, and means adapted to control the motion of said holder to move the same in step by step fashion past the printing mechanism of an addressograph while moving said holder laterally of the printing mechanism between successive stations in its forward travel past the printing mechanism.

2. An addressograph attachment comprising a holder for the sheet to beprinted, a form strip, said holder and form strip having interengaging parts controlling the motion of the holder to move the same past the printing mechanism of the addressograph in zig-zag fashion.

3. An ad dressograph attachment confprising a holderfor the sheet to be printed, a form strip, said holder and form strip having interengaging parts controlling the motion of the holder to move the same past the printing plate of the addressograph in zigzag fashion, together with means for pre senting different parts of the printing plate of the addressograph to the sheet carried by said holder, in different lateral positions of the latter.

' 4. An addressograph attachment comprising a holder for the sheet to be printed, a form strip, said holder and form strip having interengaging parts controlling the motion of the holder to move the same past the printing plate of the addressograph in zigzag fashion, together with a guard member over-lying the printing plate of the addressograph,-said guard member having laterally spaced openings adapted to expose different parts of the printing plate to the sheet and being laterally movable with said sheet holder.

5. An addressograph attachn'ient comprising a guard member adapted to overlie the I prlnting plate of an addresrgograph and being laterally shiftable with regard thereto, said guard member being shaped to expose different partsof the printing plate to the sheet to be printed in different lateral positions thereof, together with means for eeding a sheet to be printed forwardly in step by step fashion past said printing plate.

6. An addressograph attachment comprising a guard member adapted to overlie the printing plate of an addressograph and being laterally shiftable with regard thereto but held against forward movements relative to the printing plate, said guard member being shaped to expose different parts of the printing plate to the sheet to be printed, in different lateral positions thereof, together with means for feeding the sheet to be printed forward, in step by step fashion past said guard member.

.7. An addressograph attachment compris-' ing a guard member adapted to overlie the printing plate of an addressograph and being laterally shiftable with regard thereto but held against forward movements relative to the printing plate, said guard member being shaped to expose different parts of the printing plate to the sheet to be printed, in different lateral positions thereof together with means for feeding the sheet to be printed forward, in step by step fashion past said guide member, and a guiding device associated with said guard member for maintaining the she'etto be printed in proper relation thereto.

8. An addressograph attachment comprising a holder adapted to engage the rear portion of a sheet to be printed, means whereby said holder may be moved to advance the sheet in step by step fashion past the printing plate of an addressograph and shift the sheet laterally with regard to the plate, and

means for exposing different portions of said plate to the sheet to be printed, in different lateral positions of the sheet.

9. An addressograph attachment comprising a holder for a sheet to be printed, 21 pair of form strips underlying said holder, said form strips and holder being respectively provided with parts interengaging to guide the holder to move in a step by step fashion toward the printing plate of an addressegra'ph while shiftinglaterall y with regard to ,said plate, together with means for exposing diflerent portions of the plate to the sheet to be printed in different positions of the holder.

.10. An addressograph attachment comprising a holder for a sheet to be printed, a pair of form strips underlying said holder, said holder and form strips being respectively provided with parts interengaging to guide the holder to move in a step by step fashion toward the printing plate of an addressograph while shifting laterally with regard to said plate together with a guard member slidable laterally of said plate and shaped to expose diflerent portions of the lateral positions thereof.

11. An addressograph attachment comprising a holder for the sheet to be printed,

sheet to be printed in different lateral positions thereof, said guard member having a guiding device adapted to engage the sheet to maintain the same in proper relative position.

12. An addressograph attachment comprising means for moving a sheet in step by step fashion past the printing plate of an addressograph and for shifting the sheet laterally with regard thereto, and means for exposing different portions of said plate to the sheet in difl'erent lateral positions of the latter.

' In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand this 29th day of August, 1924.

EDWARD COLEMAN. 

